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comically_cluttered@beehaw.org 2 days agoWhat do you mean? Firefox alternatives in Debian/Debian-based repos? Or just an alternative for apt in general (in which case, I think you’ve replied to the wrong post)?
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Yes, I’m asking for the best Firefox alternative thats available on Debian or debian-based distos.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
There isn’t a browser suitable to replace Firefox in the official Debian apt repos.
However, it’s worth noting that Mozilla’s recent Terms of Use apparently apply only to the Firefox builds downloaded from Mozilla, not to the built-from-source versions that you get from the Debian archive using apt.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 days ago
That’s good news, but I really want Debian to make an official public statement that confirms this
comically_cluttered@beehaw.org 2 days ago
It’s not in the official repos, but it’s really simple to add the LibreWolf repo and use that.
Other than that, there’s not really much in the way of Firefox forks. I believe the Debian builds have their own configurations as well, but I’m not certain.
Off-topic, LibreWolf uses the
extrepopackage to add their repo which is a great third party repo management program for Debian. It has a curated (by members of the Debian packagers) selection of other third party repos for some popular software that either doesn’t make it into the official repos for whatever reason or aren’t kept super updated in Debian Stable.